Improvement in pocket-boxes for violin-strings



J S ASI-IMAN Pooketr-Boxfor Violn-Strings..

No. 197,585. P'tentedNov. l27,1877;

NJETERS. F'Horo LTHOGRAPHER UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

JOHN s. AsHMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS;

IMPROVEMENT, IN POCKET-BOXES FOR VIOLIN-STRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,585, dated November27, 1877 application filed April 19, 1877. l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. ASHMAN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented a Pocket-Box for ContainingViolin-Strings, vof which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingpart of this specication, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of mybox open. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same closed, and Fig. 3 isa cross-section through the center of the same.

My invention has for itsobject to provide a neat, cheap, and convenientbox for containing violin-strings, which can be easily carried in thevest-pocket, the box, when open, exposing the strings in such mannerthat any particular one can be easily selected and withdrawn, thestrings, when thus carried, being always at hand, ready for use, whichisnot the case when placed in the violin-box, as heretofore.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,Iwill proceed toV ing of semicircular form, and projecting up above thefront one, d, both of these anges,

but more especially the rear one, e, serving to guide the cover orportion a, when the box is being opened or shut, the two flanges alsoAserving to hold the cover in place when down.

The violin-strings f, coiled in the usual manner, are placed within thelower portion b of the box, between the iianges d e, the ange e yservingas abacking to keepthe .strings in place on that side, and prevent themfrom projecting out, so as to interfere with the shutting down of thetop or cover a of the box.

The two portions@J b, instead of being hinged together, as shown, may bemade separate, if desired, and be held together bythe and theinconvenience of opening the violinbox, in which the strings. are nowusually kept, and which is frequently in another apartment,is thusavoided. Furthermore, the construction/of the box causes it, Whenopen,to expose the stings in such manner as to Vfacilitate the selection andremoval of any particular string which may be required.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The within-described pocket-box for containing violin-strings,consisting of the two narrow semicircular portions ab, the latter beingprovided with ianges d c, to confine the strings in place when the boxis open, substantially as set forth.

Witness my'hand this 7th day of April, A. D. 1877.

JOHN s. ASHMAN.

In presence ofl. E.,TESOHEMAOHER, W. J. CAMBRIDGE.

